The head of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Thursday the fatal crash last month of an Air India Boeing ...

The preliminary report from the investigationg into last month's deadly Air India crash showed that seconds after takeoff, the Boeing 787 plane's engine fuel control switches were briefly flipped ...

According to Indian media, the report said that before the Flight AI-171 plane crashed, the switches controlling the fuel flow of the two engines switched from "RUN" to "CUT OFF" within a second ...

The two fuel control switches on a Boeing (BA.N) 787, in Air India's case equipped with two GE (GE.N) engines, are located below the thrust levers. The switches are spring-loaded to remain in ...

MORE: Air India reduces international service by 15% after deadly plane crash About 10 seconds later, the fuel flow was restored to the engines and the automatic restart sequence was initiated, but ...

The airline said Tuesday (July 22) it completed precautionary inspections of the fuel control switch locking mechanism on all its Boeing 787 and 737 aircraft. It said no issues were found.